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  • The tranSMART Platform Wins Three Awards at Bio-IT 2015

    Open-Source Knowledge Management Platform Wins Best-of-Show Award and Used on Winning Projects of the Best Practices and Best Poster Awards


    Wakefield, Massachusetts – April 28, 2015 – ThetranSMART Foundation, a non-profit organization providing a global, open-source knowledge management platform for scientists to share pre-competitive translational research data, today announced that its platform won three awards at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo April 21-23, 2015 in Boston, Mass., including Best-of-Show, Best Practices and Best Poster Awards.
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    Ken Kubota, Director of Data Science at the Michael J. Fox Foundation with Keith Elliston, CEO of The tranSMART Foundation (provided to bostonese.com).
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  • Chinese Americans Rally in Front of MA State House in Support of NYPD Officer Liang

    By Eric Wu, bostonese.com

    Boston, April 27, 2015, — Dozens of Chinese Americans rallied in front of MA State House Sunday afternoon to protest serious charges filed against NYPD Officer Peter Liang after he accidentally shot a Black man Akai Gurley dead in a NYC housing project. Rookie Officer Liang was indicted with second degree homocide along with other serious charges on Feb. 12, 2015.
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    Protesters on the stairs between Boston Common and Beacon Street(photo by Eric Wu).
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  • HBS’ Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center Tops Off

    Boston, April 27, 2015, — Harvard Business School (HBS) held a “Topping Off” ceremony at the construction site of a new Executive Education facility — the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center on Friday, April 24, signifying the completion of the structural phase of the project. The 30-minute ceremony began at 11:30 AM with remarks by Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria; former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao (MBA 1979); Ms. Angela Chao, Deputy Chair, Foremost Group (AB 1994, MBA 2001); and Robert C. O’Leary, Senior Vice President, Lee Kennedy Company, the construction firm building the Ruth Mu Ian Chu Chao Center.
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    Members of the Chao family at the topping off ceremony of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center at Harvard Business School, from left: Jeff Hwang, Christine Chao, Tyler Shaver, May Chao, Jessica Chao Hwang, Secretary Elaine L. Chao, Dr. James S. C. Chao, Miranda Chao Hwang, HBS Dean Nitin Nohria, Angela Chao, James Breyer(photo by Susan Young).
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  • Prime Minister Abe Arrives Boston for Week-long Visit to the U.S.

    By Victor Chen, bostonese.com

    Boston, April 26, 2015, — Mayor Martin J. Walsh will host Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan on Monday, April 27 as the Prime Minister and Mrs. Abe pay their respects to the victims and survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing. This event will take place at 7:30 AM at Marathon Sports (671 Boylston Street).
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    Abe delivers a speech at JFK Library Foundation Forum at WASEDA University in March 2015(file photo).
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  • First Building Named after a Woman on Harvard Campus Tops Off Today

    Boston, April 24, 2015, — Exactly a year after the groundbreaking of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center in the campus of Harvard Business School(HBS), the top-off ceremony will be held today at HBS. Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, an alumna of HBS, is expected to be at the ceremony.
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    Elaine Chao(middle) with her parents and sisters on the first night when they arrived in the U.S.(file photo).
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  • Internet Finance Company BZM Innovation Technology Inc. Lands U.S. Market

    New York City, April 16, 2015, — World’s largest annual gathering of the online lending community – LendIt USA, was successfully held at the Marriott Marquis in NYC April 13-15. The event attracted over two thousand attendees, including famous P2P service providers, marketplace or balance sheet platforms and investors all around the world. BZM Innovation Technology Inc., which is a company focusing on internet finance, was founded in the fifth Ave, NYC and owns offices in the Empire State building. Wendy Wang, the Executive Vice President of BZM Innovation Technology Inc., attended this great event as the representative of BZM Innovation Technology Inc.
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    Wendy Wang at LendIt USA(provided to bostonese.com).
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  • ProCon.org Examines Pro and Con Arguments of Death Penalty for Tsarnaev

    SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — ProCon.org, the nation’s number one online resource for the pros and cons of the death penalty (http://deathpenalty.procon.org), announced that it has updated its website to cover the pros and cons of the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
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  • Biggest Marathon Survey Finds Asia Leading Marathon Popularity Growth

    COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Running research center Runrepeat.com has completed the biggest marathon races survey, covering 2,195,588 results of global running competitions in a period from 2009 to 2014. It revealed that marathon running become more and more popular – worldwide average growth is +13.25%. Growth agents in terms of marathons popularity are women (+26.9% compared to men’s +7.9% growth of participation) and Asian countries (+92.43% from 2009 to 2014).
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    Chinese student Yao Baiyun ran the 118th Boston Marathon in April 2014(file photo).
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  • Treasurer Goldberg Visits BCNC, Part of Her Economic Empowerment Tour

    By Menglei Han, bostonese.com

    Boston-Wednesday, April 17 2015 – Treasurer Deborah B Goldberg recently visited Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood on her statewide economic empowerment tour. The aim of the tour is on raising awareness about the Commonwealth’s new office of Economic Empowerment (OEE). BCNC Executive Director Giles Li receives Ms. Goldberg and gives her a tour. BCNC Acorn Center for Early Education and Care Program Director Kathy Cheng, Bernadette Davidson, BCNC board President Selina Chow, BCNC director of Education and workforce initiatives Russell Fenton give Ms. Goldberg warm welcome.
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    Director Li takes Glodberg for a tour of BCNC(photo by Menglei Han).
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  • Highlights & Opportunities from Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians

    Highlights & Opportunities of the week – Join Boston Creates/Read the White House Task Force on New Americans Report

    Take part in developing Boston’s Arts & Culture future- sign up to be a Boston Creates Team Member!
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    Staff of Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians at the Harborside Community School Education Program in East Boston (from Facebook).
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